diff --git a/src/ui/toolbar/text-toolbar.cpp b/src/ui/toolbar/text-toolbar.cpp
index 3268640395d14b66b27b3c7dc13527058d6b48ee..887e79ac42f1e1b254e2273ede0170f8678c6380 100644
--- a/src/ui/toolbar/text-toolbar.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/toolbar/text-toolbar.cpp
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ TextToolbar::TextToolbar(Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::Builder> const &builder)
     _font_family_item = Gtk::make_managed<UI::Widget::ComboBoxEntryToolItem>(
         "TextFontFamilyAction",
         _("Font Family"),
-        _("Select Font Family (Alt-X to access)"),
+        "",
         fontlister->get_font_list(),
         -1, // Entry width
         50, // Extra list width